2 Richard Paul Russo first editions are documented on this shelf, from Subterranean Gallery (1989) to Ship of Fools (2001) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Richard Paul Russo title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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Subterranean Gallery — 1989 · Tor BooksUS Tor mass-market paperback original, 1989, ISBN 0-812-55259-8; the first printing is identified by a complete Tor number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. The novel was published directly into paperback, so this softcover is the true first edition; the wrappers carry a printed cover price that should be present rather than obscured. The US Tor paperback original of 1989 is the true first edition, published directly into paperback. It won the 1990 Philip K. Dick Award (given at Norwescon for works published in 1989) and was an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist. The later UK edition appeared under the variant title 'The Subterranean Gallery'. The UK Grafton paperback of 1991 (titled 'The Subterranean Gallery', ISBN 0-586-21229-9) is a later, separate edition, not the true first; subsequent reissues are reprints.
Ship of Fools — 2001 · Ace BooksUS Ace Books mass-market paperback original, January 2001 (ISBN 0441007988; 384 pp), a paperback original with no preceding US hardcover. The first printing is identified by the Ace number line descending to 1 on the copyright page; the printed cover price should be present. The UK edition was retitled Unto Leviathan. The US Ace mass-market paperback original of January 2001 is the true first under this title. It won the Philip K. Dick Award, which is given to a distinguished science-fiction book issued first in the US as a paperback original, confirming the paperback-original status. The UK Orbit edition, published as Unto Leviathan (2003), is a separately titled later state. The UK retitled Orbit edition of Unto Leviathan is a later variant, not the same first. Later Ace printings are shown by the lowest number in the line being higher than 1.

More Literary Fiction (US) & Award Winners shelves: Richard Powers, Richard Russo, Richard Wright, Richard Yates, Rick Moody, Robert A. Heinlein.

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